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Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
County
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto: Primus et Princeps
	Location of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
	Coordinates: 44°42′N 65°12′W / 44.7°N 65.2°W
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Towns	Annapolis Royal; Middleton
Established	August 17, 1759
Incorporated	April 17, 1879
Named for	Annapolis Royal
Electoral Districts ; Federal	; West Nova
Provincial	Annapolis
Government
• Type	Annapolis County Municipal Council
• Warden	Diane Leblanc
• MLA	Carmen Kerr (L)
• MP	Chris D’Entremont (L)
Area
• Land	3,183.23 km2 (1,229.05 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	21,252
• Change 2006-11	3.2%
• Census Rankings; - Census Divisions; Subdivision A; Subdivision B; Subdivision C; Subdivision D; - Towns; Annapolis Royal; Middleton; - Reserves ; Bear River (part) 6 ; Bear River 6B	; ; 6,342 (574 of 5,008); 3,707 (685 of 5,008) ; 5,085 (864 of 5,008) ; 3,007 (987 of 5,008) ; ; 444 (3,171 of 5,008) ; 972 (2,086 of 5,008) ; 1,829 (1,403 of 5,008) ; ; 42 (4,694 of 5,008) ; 10 (4,889 of 5,008)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	902
Dwellings	11,038
Median Income*	$37,024 CDN
Website	annapoliscounty.ca
	Median household income, 2005 (all households);

Annapolis County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia located in the western part of the province located on the Bay of Fundy. The county seat is Annapolis Royal.

History

Established August 17, 1759, by Order in Council, Annapolis County took its name from the town of Annapolis Royal which had been named in honour of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. The town was the successor to the French settlement of Port Royal, the chief Acadian settlement in the area. The Acadians had been forcibly removed by British government officials in the 1755 Grand Dérangement.

In 1817 the population of the county was 9,817, and that had grown to 14,661 by 1827. At that time, the county was divided into six townships: Annapolis, Granville, Wilmot, Clements, Digby and Clare.^[4]

By 1833, a number of reasons had been advanced for making two counties out of Annapolis County. Two petitions were presented to the House of Assembly in that year requesting that the county be divided. However, it was not until 1837 that Annapolis County was divided into two distinct and separate counties - Annapolis and Digby.

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Annapolis County had a population of 21,252 living in 9,855 of its 11,612 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 20,591. With a land area of 3,183.23 km² (1,229.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.7/km² (17.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Forming the majority of the Annapolis County census division, the Municipality of the County of Annapolis, including its Subdivisions A, B, C, and D, had a population of 18,834 living in 8,608 of its 10,268 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 18,252. With a land area of 3,172.36 km² (1,224.86 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.9/km² (15.4/sq mi) in 2021.^[6]

Population trend^[7]^[8]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2021	21,252	3.2%
2016	20,591	0.8%
2011	20,756	3.2%
2006	21,438	1.5%
2001	21,773	2.5%
1996	22,324	5.5%
1991	23,630	0.2%
1986	23,589	4.7%
1981	22,522	N/A
1941	17,692
1931	16,297
1921	18,153
1911	18,581
1901	18,842
1891	19,350
1881	20,598
1871	18,121	N/A

Mother tongue language (2011)^[9]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	19,555	95.58%
French only	450	2.20%
Non-official languages	385	1.88%
Multiple responses	70	0.34%

Ethnic Groups (2006)^[10]

Ethnic Origin	Population	Pct (%)
Canadian	9,495	44.9%
English	8,425	39.8%
Scottish	4,935	23.3%
German	3,465	16.4%
Irish	3,385	16.0%
French	3,095	14.6%
Dutch (Netherlands)	1,565	7.4%
North American Indian	1,080	5.1%
Welsh	490	2.3%